NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3941.2x more texture fill rate: 142.2 GTexel/s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 2560 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 918 vs 225
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12598 vs 2521

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 12 March 2014
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s vs 36.08 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	918 vs 225
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598 vs 2521

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

918

225

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12598

2521

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
PassMark - G2D Mark	918	225
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598	2521
Geekbench - OpenCL		9809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		151.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		979

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Maxwell
Code name	GA106	GM107
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	52	896
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	640
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s	36.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Floating-point performance		1,155 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3 or GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA